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Minutes:
The Committee received an application for
full planning permission.
The application sought approval
for the erection of a B1 (a) and B1 (b) office building with ancillary motion
capture studio at ground floor and external first floor terrace along with car
and cycle parking, electricity sub-station and associated infrastructure and a
ground floor Public House (use class A4) following the demolition of existing
buildings on site.
The Committee received a representation in objection to the application
from Martin Lucas-Smith on behalf of Cambridge Cycling Campaign.
The representation covered the following issues:
i.
Had no view on the development.
ii.
Objected to double stacking cycle racks that were
unpopular with the public.
iii.
Requested the removal of some of the parking spaces
and replacing them with additional Sheffield Stand cycle racks.
iv.
Raised concerns that delivery vehicles would block
the road.
v.
Requested a conditions requiring delivery parking
within the curtilage of the site.
vi.
Suggested that the Road Traffic Order was needed to
ensure the area received double yellow lined.
Peter McKeown (Applicant’s Agent) and Nina Kristensen
(Applicant) addressed the
Committee in support of the application.
The Committee:
Resolved (by 7 votes to 1) to grant the
application for planning permission in accordance with the officer
recommendation, for the reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to
the conditions recommended by the officers.